Leela and the Genestalk/References

This episode's title is a reference to Jack and the Beanstalk. Several elements of the episode refer to the fairy tale.

Leela's imprisonment in the tower and letting down of her 'hair' to allow Fry and Bender to climb up refers to Rapunzel.

As Fry and Bender are climbing up to Leela, they encounter Adam West and Burt Ward at a window; this parodies a moment in various episodes of the Batman TV series, when the Dynamic Duo would similarly encounter a celebrity as they climbed the side of a building.